1 - Approximately 300,000 people will be forced from their _____ should a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake occur on the Hayward fault.6 - One of the key ways to design a building to resist earthquakes is to connect, or ___, it together.7 - When the ground shakes, it is better to take cover under a _____ than stand.8 - When engineers first started to worry about earthquake shaking, they drew on their experiences in designing buildings to resist _____.13 - Always wear _____ on your feet when groping around at night after an earthquake to avoid getting cut by shards of glass.16 - Breaks in the earth's crust called ____ are the source of earthquakes in the Bay Area.17 - Put a battery-operated flash ____ in your earthquake supply kit.18 - There is at least a ___ in three chance of a magnitude 7 or larger earthquake in the Bay Area in the next 30 years.19 - The American ___ Cross is charged with coordinating shelter and feeding after earthquakes.20 - Use common, not box, ____ to attach plywood to the outside wall of the crawl space.21 - Be sure and have a battery-operated _____ for listening to emergency communications broadcasts after a major earthquake.22 - _____ your home's foundation sill plate (mud sill) to its foundation.26 - It's important to focus on planning for an earthquake ahead of time, or _____ (slang).28 - The most common type of fault in the Bay Area is a strike-_____ fault, where one side of the fault moves past the other.30 - The longest and most famous of these faults in the Bay Area is the ___ _______ (two words) fault, the source of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.32 - It is important not to _______, even if the ground shakes!34 - Some businesses apply to this U.S. agency for low-interest loans following disasters such as earthquakes (initials).35 - The Loma Prieta earth _____ occurred on the 17th of October, 1989.36 - Be _____ for our next earthquake by having phone contacts established ahead of time.37 - Most damage in earthquakes is caused by ground _________.39 - Go ______ a desk or table when you feel the ground start to shake!41 - Sometimes, earthquakes can trigger land _____ on hillsides.44 - The Governor's ___ (initials) is the emergency response arm for California.46 - Both the Kobe and _________ earthquakes occurred on January 17th!47 - Learn to stop, ____, and hold.48 - People too scared or unable to stay in their homes may end up sleeping in ____ cities.

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2 - Liquefaction can occur if loose and water-saturated ____ is shaken in an earthquake.3 - Take classes in _____ aid so that you can help injured family, friends and co-workers.4 - The fault which runs along the Hwy. 680 corridor in central Alameda County is the _______ fault.5 - This federal agency is the federal government's emergency response agency (initials).8 - It is very important to strap your home's ___________ to the wall so that it won't fall over, breaking the gas line and perhaps starting a fire (two words).9 - As scouts say, " __ Prepared."10 - The shaking is amplified the higher up one goes in a building; equipment on _____ is particularly susceptible to damage if not properly tied down.11 - The most important word in real estate is "location," while the most important word in home and apartment retrofit is "_______" (a building material).12 - In general, the ___ of homes is important in predicting earthquake damage; homes built prior to World War II can have problems.14 - Latches need to be installed on cabinet doors or they will swing _____ and dishes or chemicals can fall.15 - The Concord-Green Valley fault is a ____- slip fault.16 - Put canned or dried ____ in your earthquake supplies.23 - The tops were snapped off redwood ____ in the Loma Prieta earthquake.24 - Don't shut off ____ unless you smell it; utility crews may take weeks to relight pilots.25 - The most dangerous fault in the Bay Area runs along the densely populated eastern side of the Bay, the ______ fault.27 - Apartment buildings with tucked-under _____ or a full floor of (same word) are more likely to be damaged than those without (same word).29 - People have no ____ that the ground can shake so hard that they are thrown out of bed.31 - Earth ______ happen less frequently in California than Alaska!32 - Another type of fault less common in the Bay Area is a _____ fault, where ground on one side moves up and over ground on the other.33 - If you are not prepared, you have only yourself to _____.38 - There is a real ____ in the Bay Area of earthquakes.40 - Many ____ and highways will be closed temporarily after future Bay Area earthquakes.42 - Preparedness can only make a ____ in the earthquake problem; it is also important to take action to correct those problems.43 - ___ through chemicals in your garage and keep them on shelves with lips so they don't fall during an earthquake.45 - Many problems after an earthquake ____ from people denying that we live in earthquake country.